The Chapter 8 — The Payroll the GM Never Read
Why this matters
Hospitality has separated by chain scale and demand segment, with luxury and resort outperforming and select-service holding pricing power on a leaner cost base. New construction starts remain at multi-decade lows, which has supported in-place RevPAR and made conversions of soft-branded flags an increasingly active part of transaction velocity. For sponsors with operational expertise, the sector continues to offer one of the more compelling income-plus-appreciation profiles available across CRE.
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On the RET wire
- Disclosed hospitality deal value tracked in August 2026: $10.5B across 11 reported transactions. All Hospitality coverage →
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A case study of a Florida hotel where an executive housekeeper paid two ghost employees nearly $470K over four years, exposed only when a new AGM audited I-9 records on her first day.
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